98Z5V

After modification:

Yes it is, big time. I changed a few things on mine as soon as I got it. Picked it up in May 2013. Installed a larger grip safety, larger mag release, and a trigger spring kit, all parts from Powder River Precision. The spring kit did WONDERS for the trigger pull. Now, they have an improved sear that comes with the springs...

They put that little "separating tab" or whatever it is, right in the middle. Casting flash all over those things, and I never noticed it before - didn't have a need to. That little nub on the sides kicks the round right into that tab in the middle, and the hollow points on my loads were getting stuck on the tab, and in the casting flash. So first off, all that casting flash has to get removed, smoothed down,sand-papered, whatever your choice - the casting flash has to go. THEN, that little nub on the sides has to go - just knock it down flush with the rest of the stuff so it doesn't stick out like that. I used my knife and shaved it off. Used my knife on the casting flash, too. Once I did that, the rounds fed through the mag like a dream. That bottom pic is the Gen 3 PMag 20 - the pushed that little center tab further down in the magazine body, and those nubs on the sides are even more aggressive - didn't have to do anything to this mag, and it fed a full mag just fine. Those aggressive nubs don't matter, because they pushed that centering tab further down - the nubs actually kick the next (top) round towards the center of the chamber. So, work the little Gen 2 mags a little bit, and they'll feed fine, out to 2.255" COL.

Measured all 40 pieces of brass that was fired yesterday - they were all arouns 1.740~1.745",only a few weird ones outside of that range. Two were over 1.760", so they're getting trimmed. Measured the 5.56 that was fired yesterday - consistently 1.757" or 1.758". I'll measure these individually before I resize them, and after I resize them. Magazines... So, of the 20-rounders, here's what works, without messing with them, with a loaded length of 2.255" or under: Lancer L5AWM 20-rounders Gen 3 PMag 20-rounders Here's the kicker on the Gen 2 PMag 20-rounders - I'll post a pic of the Gen 2 and Gen 3 (fwiw, Gen 1 and Gen 2 are the same...), but pay close attention to the FDE ones - those are the Gen 2 mags. Look at all the casting flash and that nub on the sides...

Shoot, I didn't even bother measuring them after forming. I'll get some numbers tonight. Right now, I don't have any formed brass that hasn't been fired - I've got the brass that's been fired as a 25-45 it's first time. Everything that turned into 25-45 got loaded right away. I have about 150 total cases now. 300 more getting ready - tumbling 5.56 brass... I'll get the magazine into up tonight, too. Bottom line on mags, and loading longer than (or at) 2.255" - 20 rounders: Gen 3 PMags work, Lancer 20s work, Gen 2 PMags will work if you hit a couple key areas. I'll test 30-rounders next time I'm out with it.

Today reinforced something - can't always have "perfect." You WANT the perfect firing position, you WANT the perfect support, you WANT.... whatever... ...and you have to deal with the shiit that you're dealt, and either hit it or not. Everyone of those hits was a kill radius on deer vitals, and pretty damn close to a 5" circle on a coyote's vitals, despite all the shiit out there. I can live with that, ideal or not. I don't necessarily like it, but I'll take it home...

I got it done, ya product-pimpin' bastage! I definitely DO need a rear bag. You're right. My shooting position ended up being SO fucked up today, all based on terrain "that looked good..." We been there. We been Chollo'd for it...

The steel took some punishment - a couple of the 25-cal rounds hit hard enough to knock the paint off the BACK of the target. I didn't see this until I got home... THE BACK OF THE TARGET... This round performs, I'll say that. I'll get into magazine shiit tomorrow night...

This ended up being the shooting position - bipod on range box, sitting legs crossed, grabbing the left bipod leg to pull it into me. I couldn't load the bipod on that box, so I had to load the bipod with ME... Shiit again... Not ideal...

Standing up, the targets looked good - I even got low,and they looked good. Prone, all I saw was dirt rise in front of me, and the top zero target. Fuk,.

Here's the initial layout, and the ammo used for 5.56 - minus the 55gr handloaded Hornady 55gr FMJ BTs. The layout didn't work with the terrain, though. I wanted prone, loaded bipod, but that wasn't happening...

Vicious wind shift, when you watch the dust in the video... Fukkin sucked... Totally missed the 10th round on the 75gr OTMs... Blew that shiit...

Started this just to see the difference between the impact of 5.56 ammo vs. 25-45 ammo. Had a temporary scope on the 25-45, so I had to zero the little bastard for that rifle. I had all good intentions of doing this prone, bipod, and slinged up, but I had to setup slightly uphill - once I checked targets again, there was a rise between me and the targets... So, improvise. I had to shoot this sitting, legs crossed, with the rifle on bipod, ON the range box. No other way to see the target, besides completely move everything. No one was there when I got there, initially - bunch of fuckers were there when it was time to pull the trigger for the first time. FUk me. After zero on the 25-45, I went to the 5.56 from the Mk12. 10 rounds of 55gr Hornady FMJ BT going 3100fps, then 10 rounds of Prvi Partizan 69gr OTM going 2855fps, then 10 round of Ultramax 75gr Heavy Match OTM going 2650fps. Rifle change and bipod swap led me to 20 rounds of the 25-45, 90gr SGK HPBT over 23.1gr RL-7, estimated 2815fps. The steel swings different on those last 20, and I've got some interesting pics... First round impact about 1:40 in the vid, so you can skip forward... I didn't shoot the GoPro. WAY happy about that. More to come...

You won't be disappointed, in the least - great choice.

You're looking at die sets. What reloading equipment do you already have?... More info from you, before recommendations are made.

You need to spill it - did you get kicked off ARF? How the FUK do you get kicked off that place?! You fukked around in GD, and got yer a$s sent to the Bear Pit, and lost. That's the only thing I can think of... Spill it. Spill it now...

Already happened. Didn't take long at all, but it already happened...

It's benign. He's such a dick that he had a penis growing out the bottom of his foot. It's benign, like his other penis... Joking, brother, joking... I know, I get the

I told you guys this shiit was gonna happen. I told you...

Just went with the .223 Rem/5.56mm trim length of 1.760.Since mine were all once-fired, I didn't even measure them before reforming into 25-45. I just reformed, loaded, and went with it, for this round of ammo. All fired brass I have on hand now, I will measure, and see how much they've grown after their first 5.56 fire, then this reform and fire. I'll report any weird shiit. After reforming into 25-cal, and after passing them through the resize/decap die, I DID inner chamfer them all with a VLD chamfer tool, before loading any powder or projectiles. That dummy round I made up showed some slight signs of copper shaving around the case rim. Solution was VLD chamfer. Not necessarily because it needs a VLD chamfer, but because that tool has never failed me on the 300BLK brass-making... Didn't outer chamfer at all. Went with it.

^^^ This right here is the critical part of what I found, what I came up with, and what will work. From loading 2.260" during an accuracy test, to loading live ammo at 2.260" into a 30-round mag... You didn't read that Mike. I wasn't looking for help, solutions, offers, advice - I was documenting what I found, and what I'm doing about it to solve the problem I found, already analyzed, and the solutions I already came up with. I wasn't asking for any help, Mike. And then, here you come. 6.8ammo, modified followers, only load a half a mag, feed lips, etc. That shiit doesn't pertain to this round, Mike. At all.

Fuckin still going, without reading, Mike. I AM calm, by the way - you just don't read, and it's pretty damn frustrating. My rounds cannot physically move forward in the mag. That's due to the loaded length. BASED on the loaded length, they are DRAGGING in the mag. Now,how the fuk are they gonna move forward, when they're physically LONGER than mag length?... Riddle me that one... Go read my shiit again, Mike. For what it's worth, you NEVER gave up comparing it to the 6.8 - you kept going on the 6.8 up until right now, in your last post. I'll quote your shiit for you if you want to read it all in one post...

It won't be suppressed, but it'll have a mini red dot. For damn sure.

I don't give a shiit - I'm either borrowing Dirk's Cricket, or I'm buying one. This is gonna be a new challenge task...

You'll either pull out a 2-piece ejector, or a 2-piece ejector spring...